"Academy faults former leader on credentials, salary; Says Berlowitz inflated credentials, pushed pay to unreasonable level" by Todd Wallack | Globe Staff March 31, 2014
The prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences released a scathing report Monday on its former president, concluding that Leslie C. Berlowitz exaggerated her resume and manipulated the compensation process to boost her pay by nearly $2.2 million over her 17-year tenure.
The long-awaited report comes eight months after Berlowitz resigned under pressure as president and chief executive of the 234-year-old Cambridge-based honor society. Her departure followed a Globe report that she falsely claimed on federal grant applications that she had a doctorate from New York University, and that she earned far more than leaders of similar nonprofit institutions.
Isn't that lying?
The report marks the first time that the academy has publicly acknowledged that Berlowitz did anything wrong and provides a wealth of new details about the misconduct. The academy also promised to amend its tax returns in light of the new findings.
“The weight of the evidence warrants the conclusion that Ms. Berlowitz knew that her resume contained materially inaccurate information regarding her academic and professional credentials,” the report found.
Berlowitz denied she ever claimed to have a doctorate, but investigators found that between 2002 and 2013 the academy submitted 18 grant proposals — many of which she signed — that falsely said she possessed the degree. She also e-mailed the inaccurate resume to several people and made handwritten edits on four versions listing the nonexistent degree, as well as an incorrect title for a past job.
The report said Berlowitz, 70, declined to talk directly to investigators because of health issues — she is undergoing cancer treatment — but Berlowitz released a written statement Monday blasting the findings as “incomplete and unfair.”
Let's hope she isn't lying about that!
“The report ignores critical facts, relies on anonymous sources, and misrepresents certain key information in order to reach a set of preconceived conclusions,” she wrote....
The report camera in the form of a newspaper article?
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Berlowitz the Bully
Waving Bye-Bye to Berlowitz
Embattled Berlowitz Gets the Boot
I'd say poor girl, but....
